Turning Points in World History

Wise & Wide is a 6-level English reading program that consists of 60 books and each level is
systematically divided by Lexile Ⓡ measures. The Lexile Ⓡ Framework for Reading is the most popular reading measuring system in American formal education curriculums and many English programs.
Over 20 out of 50 states in the U.S. mark Lexile Ⓡ measures directly on students’ final report cards and over 300 well-known publishers adopt and use Lexile Ⓡ measures.
Experience many kinds of readings written by professional writers from the U.S. and England. They used interesting topics that were carefully chosen after analyzing elementary curriculums from around the world including Korea, the U.S., England, and Australia among many others.

Before Reading

Important moments in human history

Has an event or person ever greatly influenced your life? Crucial events or memorable people that both have great meaning for us exist not only in our personal history but also in human history. In fact, various great men whose names we all know have changed human history. They include leaders who left great historical legacies, scientists or mathematicians who made great discoveries, inventors who changed people’s lives drastically, philosophers who tried to create a better society, etc. These big changes in history are caused not only by individuals but also by many factors that have accumulated.
Human history is changing and developing even at this moment. How about being a hero at an important moment that will come in the future?

Summary

What are some of the crucial moments that have changed world history and who are some of the great men and women involved in those moments? First, we will learn about the founder of the largest empire in history, the Mongol Empire’s Genghis Khan. How could a boy from a previously peripheral country in world history build such a great empire?
Next, we will meet Gutenberg who invented the printing press which is known as one of history’s most important inventions.
Sometimes, one person’s courage changes history. One such case is that of Rosa Parks, an African-American woman who protested against racial segregation between blacks and whites in the U.S. in the 1950s. We will check out the great changes that resulted from her courageous behavior.
Finally, we will read about the fall of the Berlin Wall, one of the most dramatic events in modern world history.